South Carolina · Private foundation
David W Ellis Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $31k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 23
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $553k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations David W Ellis Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 22 | $21k | 27% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $24k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 22 | $36k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $15k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $15k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 21 | $15k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $16k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $19k | 26% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Matters | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $17,545 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Center of Coastal Carolina | $11,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $6,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation | $4,778 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Coastal Discovery Museum | $2,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Hopeful Horizons | $2,450 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory Matters | $27,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Holy Family Catholic Church | $17,545 | 9 | n/a |
| Arts Center of Coastal Carolina | $11,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Heritage Classic Foundation | $9,500 | 7 | 0% |
| The Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | $6,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of the Lowcountry Inc | $6,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Sea Pines Forest Preserve Foundation | $4,778 | 9 | 0% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $4,450 | 9 | 0% |
| Coastal Discovery Museum | $2,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Hopeful Horizons | $2,450 | 7 | 0% |
| Meals on Wheels Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Francis Catholic School | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Charleston Parks Conservancy | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Heart Association Inc | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| St James the Less Catholic Church | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Mercy House Adult & Teen Challenge | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Vicksburg-Warren Humane Society | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Hospice Savannah Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| District of Columbia Fire Dept Emerald Society | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Hilton Head Humane Association | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Helpings | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Heritage Farm Association | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph Catholic Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($85k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget David W Ellis Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Community Foundation of the Lowcountry · Heritage Classic Foundation · The Bargain Box · Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina Inc · Breedlove Foundation Im 020120186528 · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Ekedahl Foundation · The Marshall Miller Foundation · The Douglas & Tonyia Bolton Family Foundation · The Gleason Family Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Michael & Louise Lynch Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About David W Ellis Family Foundation
- How much does David W Ellis Family Foundation give?
- David W Ellis Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $30,913 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does David W Ellis Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (47%), Health (17%), Religion (15%).
- Who are David W Ellis Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Memory Matters ($27k), Holy Family Catholic Church ($18k), Arts Center of Coastal Carolina ($12k).
- Does David W Ellis Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does David W Ellis Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as David W Ellis Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Heritage Classic Foundation, The Bargain Box.
- Where is David W Ellis Family Foundation based?
- David W Ellis Family Foundation is based in SC.
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